Martin Filler

The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now call infrastructure - than almost any other factor save topography.

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These are some quotes by American author Martin Filler Critic, who was born on September 17, 1948.

Quotes by Martin Filler

From the outset, MoMA followed the Bauhaus's strict prohibition against design that even hinted at the decorative, a prejudice that skewed the pioneering museum's view of Modernism for decades.

Martin Filler

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Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.

Martin Filler

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Any set of decisions about design is inevitably influenced by cultural prejudice, no matter how intent an architect might be to avoid it.

Martin Filler

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